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* MagnificentBastard: [[EvilOverlord Mandrake]] is the darkly charismatic leader of the Boggans who's striving to have the Rot overrun the forest--ruling it alongside his son Dagda. Orchestrating a mass assualt during the Pod's ceremony, Mandrake manages to also murder Queen Tara during the attack. Stealing the Pod from Nim's Tree, Mandrake intends on using it to usher in a new age for him to rule--later interfering with the Pod blooming by having his forces blot out the moon and almost coming within a hair's width of succeeding his goal and having the forest be held within his grip.

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* MagnificentBastard: MagnificentBastard: [[EvilOverlord Mandrake]] is the darkly charismatic leader of the Boggans who's striving to have the Rot overrun the forest--ruling it alongside his son Dagda. Orchestrating a mass assualt assault during the Pod's ceremony, Mandrake manages to also murder Queen Tara during the attack. Stealing the Pod from Nim's Tree, Mandrake intends on using it to usher in a new age for him to rule--later interfering with the Pod blooming by having his forces blot out the moon and almost coming within a hair's width of succeeding his goal and having the forest be held within his grip.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[EvilOverlord Mandrake]] is the darkly charismatic leader of the Boggans who's striving to have the Rot overrun the forest--ruling it alongside his son Dagda. Orchestrating a mass assualt during the Pod's ceremony, Mandrake manages to also murder Queen Tara during the attack. Stealing the Pod from Nim's Tree, Mandrake intends on using it to usher in a new age for him to rule--later interfering with the Pod blooming by having his forces blot out the moon and almost coming within a hair's width of succeeding his goal and having the forest be held within his grip.

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Deleted the WTH Casting Agency example because it seems like it's just complaining about the actors, and it doesn't mention anything about the roles they play.


* SpiritualSuccessor: The film shares a surprising number of character types and plot points with another animated film, ''WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest'', that make this film feel like a sequel or remake of it. You've got a race of beautiful, fairy-like people who grow plants and represent life and nature. You've got an evil, shadowy figure who represents destruction and likes to make nature die. You've got an ordinary young adult human who gets shrunken down and has to go on an adventure with the fairy-like people. You've got some comic relief talking animals. You've got a cold-blooded animal voiced by a famous rapper who serves as a minor antagonist. And finally, you've got the villain being defeated by [[spoiler:being sealed inside a tree]].



* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Epic has been compared to ''[[WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'', ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'', James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}''.

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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Epic has been compared to ''[[WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'', ''WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest'', ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'', James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}''.



* WTHCastingAgency: So, there's Colin Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson and... Pitbull?! There's even Thomas F. Wilson!
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Though it seems like science fiction made up for the film, [[https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24078179 it's scientifically proven that small creatures truly do perceive time differently]].
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* RonTheDeathEater: See the Alternate Character Interpretation entry above.
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* AwardSnub: ''Epic'' was nominated for several awards, but lost all except one (best sound editing)

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* AwardSnub: ''Epic'' was nominated for several awards, but lost all except one (best sound editing)editing).



* FanNickname: Marigold Girl's mother is often nicknamed as "Mom Jinn".

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* FanNickname: Marigold Girl's mother is often nicknamed as "Mom Jinn".Jinn."



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* OneSceneWonder: Pitbull's character, Bufo, only appears in two scenes and was never mentioned or seen again. There ''is'' [[FridgeHorror a bullfrog skeleton]], labeled as ''Bufo americanus'' in the CreativeClosingCredits. Considering how we left Bufo (having accidentally insulted Mandrake's [[spoiler: recently deceased son]])...
* ParanoiaFuel: So, there's a race of little people that are experts at hiding. You're a renounced scientist, and you know they're there. But the little folk think you're stupid, and decide to play mind games with you, to the point where you're an obsessed wreck that's lost his job and his marriage, chasing after things that they know are real, and you know are real, but they won't let anybody else know are real.

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* OneSceneWonder: Pitbull's character, Bufo, only appears in two scenes and was is never mentioned or seen again. There ''is'' [[FridgeHorror a bullfrog skeleton]], labeled as ''Bufo americanus'' in the CreativeClosingCredits. Considering how we left Bufo (having accidentally insulted Mandrake's [[spoiler: recently [[spoiler:recently deceased son]])...
* ParanoiaFuel: So, there's a race of little people that are experts at hiding. You're a renounced scientist, scientist of great renown, and you know they're there. But the little folk think you're stupid, and decide to play mind games with you, to the point where you're an obsessed wreck that's lost his job and his marriage, chasing after things that they know are real, and you know are real, but they won't let anybody else know are real.



* WTHCastingAgency: So, there's Colin Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, and... Pitbull?! There's even Thomas F. Wilson!

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* WTHCastingAgency: So, there's Colin Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Hutcherson and... Pitbull?! There's even Thomas F. Wilson!

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* AwardSnub: ''Epic'' was nominated for several awards, but lost all except one (best sound editing)



* AwardSnub: ''Epic'' was nominated for several awards, but lost all except one (best sound editing)

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He does learn his lesson and he does spend time with his daughter in the end.


* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some viewers consider Professor Bomba to be a terrible parent who places more value on his obsession than on his wife and daughter. Then MK comes to accept that he was right, yet Bomba never learns a moral lesson about his neglectful behavior, making him appear all the more unpleasant.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some viewers consider Professor Bomba to be a terrible parent who places more value on his obsession than on his wife and daughter. Then MK comes to accept that he was right, yet Bomba never learns a moral lesson about his neglectful behavior, making him appear all the more unpleasant.
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** Same goes for [[FoeYay Mandrake and Ronin]], though they share scenes together, along with Ronin and Finn. EvenTheGuysWantHim, indeed.

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** Same goes for [[FoeYay Mandrake and Ronin]], Ronin, though they share scenes together, along with Ronin and Finn. EvenTheGuysWantHim, indeed.
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* {{Narm}}: The scene where Professor Bomba [[spoiler:sucks the shrunk MK into a vaccuum cleaner, believing to have finally caught a Leafman, only to see his own daughter calling for him through the glass]]. It's a very tense scene, leading Bomba to believe that he has officially lost his mind, but it's just so absurd that it's hard not to smirk at it.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Mub putting the moves on MK can be considered this in light of sexual abuse allegations levelled against his actor, [[Creator/{{AzizAnsari}} Aziz Ansari]].
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** Jokingly mentioned by MK in regards to Nod and Ronin, but it's obvious she's not the only one who caught it.
** Some fans ship Ronin and Professor Bomba (calling them "Forest Dads"), [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight despite a lack of interaction between them]].
** Same goes for [[FoeYay Mandrake and Ronin]], though they share scenes together, along with Ronin and Finn. EvenTheGuysWantHim, indeed.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Mub putting the moves on MK can be considered this in light of sexual abuse allegations levelled against his actor, [[Creator/{{AzizAnsari}} Aziz Ansari]].
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** Jokingly mentioned by MK in regards to Nod and Ronin, but it's obvious she's not the only one who caught it.
** Some fans ship Ronin and Professor Bomba (calling them "Forest Dads"), [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight despite a lack of interaction between them]].
** Same goes for [[FoeYay Mandrake and Ronin]], though they share scenes together, along with Ronin and Finn. EvenTheGuysWantHim, indeed.
FanNickname: Marigold Girl's mother is often nicknamed as "Mom Jinn".


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* HarsherInHindsight: Mub putting the moves on MK can be considered this in light of sexual abuse allegations levelled against his actor, [[Creator/{{AzizAnsari}} Aziz Ansari]].
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** Jokingly mentioned by MK in regards to Nod and Ronin, but it's obvious she's not the only one who caught it.
** Some fans ship Ronin and Professor Bomba (calling them "Forest Dads"), [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight despite a lack of interaction between them]].
** Same goes for [[FoeYay Mandrake and Ronin]], though they share scenes together, along with Ronin and Finn. EvenTheGuysWantHim, indeed.
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* UglyCute: Ozzi's a pPug. It's obligatory. Not just a Pug, but an old, half-blind, three-legged Pug.

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* UglyCute: Ozzi's a pPug.Pug. It's obligatory. Not just a Pug, but an old, half-blind, three-legged Pug.
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** MK/[[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Jack Frost]]. They have compatible personalities, and both works being adaptations of Creator/WilliamJoyce's books. (Incedently, both share the names of Joyce's children).

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** MK/[[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Jack Frost]]. They have compatible personalities, and both works being adaptations of Creator/WilliamJoyce's books. (Incedently, (Incidentally, both share the names of Joyce's children).



* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Mub putting the moves on MK can be considered this in light of sexual abuse allegations levelled against his actor, [[Creator/AzazAnsari]].

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Mub putting the moves on MK can be considered this in light of sexual abuse allegations levelled against his actor, [[Creator/AzazAnsari]].[[Creator/{{AzizAnsari}} Aziz Ansari]].

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* HoYay:

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* HoYay: FunnyAneurysmMoment: Mub putting the moves on MK can be considered this in light of sexual abuse allegations levelled against his actor, [[Creator/AzazAnsari]].
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Grammar correction.


** There's plenty of traction between this movie and the ''[[WesternAnimation/DisneyFairies Tinkerbell]]'' movies and ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', since the major characters of all three are fairies, though Leafmen are more {{Lilliputians}}.

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** There's plenty of traction between this movie and the ''[[WesternAnimation/DisneyFairies Tinkerbell]]'' Tinker Bell]]'' movies and ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', since the major characters of all three are fairies, though Leafmen are more {{Lilliputians}}.
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Not So Different was renamed to Not So Different Remark per TRS; if this isn't pointed out in-story, this isn't an example.


*** MK x Nod: InterspeciesRomance, NotSoDifferent, OfficialCouple

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*** MK x Nod: InterspeciesRomance, NotSoDifferent, OfficialCouple
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Epic has been compared to ''[[WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest FernGully: THe Last Rainforest]]'', ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'', James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}''.

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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Epic has been compared to ''[[WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest FernGully: THe The Last Rainforest]]'', ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'', James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}''.
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* OneSceneWonder: Pitbull's character, Bufo, only appears in two scenes and was never mentioned or seen again. There ''is'' [[FridgeHorror a bullfrog skeleton]], labeled as ''Bufo Americanus'' in the CreativeClosingCredits. Considering how we left Bufo (having accidentally insulted Mandrake's [[spoiler: recently deceased son]])...

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* OneSceneWonder: Pitbull's character, Bufo, only appears in two scenes and was never mentioned or seen again. There ''is'' [[FridgeHorror a bullfrog skeleton]], labeled as ''Bufo Americanus'' americanus'' in the CreativeClosingCredits. Considering how we left Bufo (having accidentally insulted Mandrake's [[spoiler: recently deceased son]])...



* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Epic has been compared to ''WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest'', ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'', ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}''.
* UglyCute: Ozzi's a pug. It's obligatory. Not just a pug but an old, half-blind, three-legged pug.

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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Epic has been compared to ''WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest'', ''[[WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest FernGully: THe Last Rainforest]]'', ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'', James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}''.
* UglyCute: Ozzi's a pug.pPug. It's obligatory. Not just a pug Pug, but an old, half-blind, three-legged pug.Pug.
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** MK/[[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Jack Frost]]. They have compatible personalities, and both works being adaptations of Creator/WilliamJoyce's books.

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** MK/[[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Jack Frost]]. They have compatible personalities, and both works being adaptations of Creator/WilliamJoyce's books. (Incedently, both share the names of Joyce's children).

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* AwardSnub: Epic was nominated for several awards, but lost all except one (best sound editing)

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* AwardSnub: Epic ''Epic'' was nominated for several awards, but lost all except one (best sound editing)



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dagda, who has barely been seen in clips and trailers, already has a small female following on Tumblr.

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Dagda, who has barely been seen in clips and trailers, already has a small female following on Tumblr.
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Jack Frost's other ships are hardly relevant on a page about Epic.


** MK/[[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Jack Frost]] is sometimes used as a "healthier" alternative to [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Jelsa]], mostly for being closer in age, having more compatible personalities, both existing in modern times, and most importantly, both works being adaptations of Creator/WilliamJoyce's books.

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** MK/[[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Jack Frost]] is sometimes used as a "healthier" alternative to [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Jelsa]], mostly for being closer in age, having more Frost]]. They have compatible personalities, both existing in modern times, and most importantly, both works being adaptations of Creator/WilliamJoyce's books.

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It's not "alternate" when the evidence is clear, since MK herself is clearly fed up with his antics.


* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some viewers consider Professor Bomba to be a terrible parent who places more value on his obsession than on his wife and daughter. Then MK comes to accept that he was right, yet Bomba never learns a moral lesson about his neglectful behavior, making him appear all the more unpleasant.


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* {{Narm}}: The scene where Professor Bomba [[spoiler:sucks the shrunk MK into a vaccuum cleaner, believing to have finally caught a Leafman, only to see his own daughter calling for him through the glass]]. It's a very tense scene, leading Bomba to believe that he has officially lost his mind, but it's just so absurd that it's hard not to smirk at it.


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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some viewers consider Professor Bomba to be a terrible parent who places more value on his obsession than on his wife and daughter. Then MK comes to accept that he was right, yet Bomba never learns a moral lesson about his neglectful behavior, making him appear all the more unpleasant.
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* CrossoverShip:
** There's plenty of traction between this movie and the ''[[WesternAnimation/DisneyFairies Tinkerbell]]'' movies and ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', since the major characters of all three are fairies, though Leafmen are more {{Lilliputians}}.
** MK/[[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Jack Frost]] is sometimes used as a "healthier" alternative to [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Jelsa]], mostly for being closer in age, having more compatible personalities, both existing in modern times, and most importantly, both works being adaptations of Creator/WilliamJoyce's books.

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